Evaluation Assistant for Online Discussion

Abstract

Discussion evaluation may be provided. First, an assignment page including an evaluation link may be displayed and a user initiated input corresponding to the evaluation link may be received. Next, an evaluation view may be displayed in response to the received user initiated input. The displayed evaluation view may comprise an evaluation assistant data section and a raw discussion data section. Evaluation data may then be received in response to the displayed evaluation view.

1 . A method for providing discussion evaluation, the method comprising:
 displaying an assignment page including an evaluation link;   receiving a user initiated input corresponding to the evaluation link;   displaying an evaluation view in response to the received user initiated input, the displayed evaluation view comprising an evaluation assistant data section and a raw discussion data section; and   receiving evaluation data in response to the displayed evaluation view.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the assignment page comprises displaying the assignment page further including a student name section. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein receiving the user initiated input corresponding to the evaluation link comprises receiving the user initiated input further indicating a student from the student name section. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the evaluation view comprising the evaluation assistant data section comprises displaying the evaluation view comprising the evaluation assistant data section including a participation timeline link, a participation statistics link, and a rubric criteria link. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of the participation timeline link; and   displaying, in response to the received selection of the participation timeline link, a graphical representation of a student's participation in a discussion board assignment.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein displaying the graphical representation comprises displaying the graphical representation indicating a number of posts the student made on a corresponding given day. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of the participation statistics link; and   displaying, in response to the received selection of the participation statistics criteria link, a participation table summarizing a student's participation in a discussion board assignment.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein displaying the participation table comprises displaying the participation table including each of the following: a number of posts the student made, a number of new topics the student posted, a number of topics the student discussed, a number of replies the student made, an average number of posts the student made per day, and an average length of the student's posts. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of the rubric criteria link; and   displaying, in response to the received selection of the rubric criteria link, a rubric table summarizing a student's score in a discussion board assignment.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein displaying the rubric table comprises displaying the rubric table indicating the student's score in each of the following rubric categories: knowledge of the subject matter, evidence of research, grammar, punctuation, spelling, addresses the topic, originality, and timeliness, and responses to others. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising receiving, from a third party, data defining a rubric corresponding to the rubric table. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section comprises displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section including a plurality of threads a student participated in and a plurality of thread links each respectively corresponding to the plurality of threads. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section including the plurality of threads the student participated in comprises displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section including the plurality of threads a student participated in by either adding to an existing post or creating a new post. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a one of the plurality of thread links; and   displaying, in response to the selection of the one of the plurality of thread links, an expanded view of a one of the plurality of threads corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of thread links   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein displaying the expanded view comprises displaying a plurality of posts corresponding to the one of the plurality of threads corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of thread links. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein displaying the plurality of posts comprises displaying a plurality of rubric links respectively corresponding to the plurality of posts. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a one of the plurality of rubric links; and   displaying, in response to the selection of the one of the plurality of rubric links, a rubric menu comprising a plurality of category links corresponding to a plurality of rubric categories.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a one of the plurality of category links; and   wherein receiving evaluation data comprises receiving a score for a one of the plurality of posts corresponding to the selected of the one of the plurality of rubric links.   
     
     
         19 . A computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method for providing discussion evaluation, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
 displaying an evaluation view, the displayed evaluation view comprising an evaluation assistant data section and a raw discussion data section wherein displaying the evaluation view comprising the evaluation assistant data section comprises displaying the evaluation view comprising the evaluation assistant data section including a participation timeline link, a participation statistics link, and a rubric criteria link wherein displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section comprises displaying the evaluation view comprising the raw discussion data section including a plurality of threads a student participated in and a plurality of thread links each respectively corresponding to the plurality of threads; and   receiving evaluation data in response to the displayed evaluation view.   
     
     
         20 . A system for providing discussion evaluation, the system comprising:
 a memory storage; and   a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
 display an assignment page including an evaluation link; 
 receive a user initiated input corresponding to the evaluation link; 
 display an evaluation view in response to the received user initiated input, the displayed evaluation view comprising an evaluation assistant data section and a raw discussion data section wherein the evaluation assistant data section includes a participation timeline link, a participation statistics link, and a rubric criteria link and wherein the raw discussion data section includes a plurality of threads a student participated in and a plurality of thread links each respectively corresponding to the plurality of threads; and 
 receive evaluation data in response to the displayed evaluation view.